[Year 12 IT Apps] Technical or Non-Technical Constraints

Tue Mar 6 10:58:29 EST 2012

Hi George

Sure, a limited budget might *cause* a technical constraint but that does
not mean the budget is *in itself* a technical constraint.  If A leads to
B, it does not mean that A=B. By that logic, I could prove that cold winter
nights cause pregnancy.

A technical constraint is one that is actually caused by technology - e.g.
having to be compatible with existing equipment; having to run in a certain
amount of RAM; having to run under a particular OS; having to fit on a
mobile device's screen; low-powered CPU etc). What causes the technical
constraint is pretty irrelevant.

If I were producing a program, for example, and my budget were suddenly
halved it would not change the programming language I was using. It might
affect the scope or deadline of the project, but it need not technically
affect the project.

I hope that makes sense.

Regards
Mark

On 6 March 2012 09:04, Ciotti, George W
<ciotti.george.w at edumail.vic.gov.au>wrote:

>  Could you provide an example of how cost doesn't impact on technical
> constraints? Or that Technical constraints can be explained totally devoid
> of cost. I would have thought that there is crossover, even at the
> operational level.
>
>  Cheers
> George
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> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Technical or Non-Technical Constraints
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>
> Checking the 2007-2010 study design's glossary I find this:
>
> "Constraints - Factors that must be taken into account when solving an
> information problem.Typically these factors are classified as
> economic, for example budget available to create an information system;
> technical, for example availability, capabilities and limitations of
> equipment;
> social, for example, culture, ethnicity, age, location, education, special
> needs and status of end-users;
> operational, for example, the requirement to use specific techniques and
> procedures."
>
> Thus, technical constraints would not include budgets.
>
> BTW - this is another good argument for continuing to fight for the
> expansion of the glossary in future IT study designs!
>
>
> On 5 March 2012 15:02, Ciotti, George W <
> ciotti.george.w at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
>>  The cost of the solution would impact decision making with regards to
>> the selection of the tools used, server space, software etc. As the
>> textbook states it "might determine whether the organisation uses freely
>> available tools or tools to which they subscribe".
>> It sounds reasonable.
>> George
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>>   From: Litsa Tzelepis <htzelepis at msj.vic.edu.au>
>> Reply-To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List <
>> itapps at edulists.com.au>
>> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 13:40:35 +1100
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>> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Technical or Non-Technical Constraints
>>
>>   hi mark,
>> time and money are listed as technical constraints in my textbook. i just
>> went from that?
>> potts - 64 to 65.
>> litsa
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:*Mark KELLY <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au>
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>> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Technical or Non-Technical Constraints
>>
>>  Limited time and money are not caused by technology, so I would classify
>> them as non-technical.
>> Limited RAM, storage space, software compatibility issues, limitations
>> imposed by networking protocols etc would be technical constraints.
>>
>> On 4 March 2012 16:43, Anthony Sullivan <asullivan at tps.vic.edu.au> wrote:
>>
>>>  Are both a limited time frame and a limited budget a technical or
>>> non-technical constraint?
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